Scott Leslie Mann (born 24 June 1977)[1] is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Cornwall from 2015 to 2024.

He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Growth and Rural Affairs from September to October 2022[2] and a Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of the Treasury).

[6][7] After leaving school at 16, Mann attended St Austell College, completing a BTEC business diploma, before becoming a postman for the Royal Mail in 1995 until 2015, based at the local sorting office in Wadebridge.

[9] In February 2012, Mann resigned as deputy leader of the Conservative group on Cornwall Council in protest at £16 million of public money being used to fund a proposed sports stadium near Truro.

[10][11] In 2014, Mann met with Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Sajid Javid in Cornwall to campaign for the continued support for community leisure centres which were at threat of losing funding from the local authority.

[16][17] In November 2015, Mann introduced a Private Member's Bill to give Town and Parish Councils the power to hold community referendums to alter speed limits.

[30] On 16 July 2018, Mann resigned from his role as PPS to the Treasury in protest at the Prime Minister Theresa May's "watered down" Brexit plan.

[31] In September 2018, he agreed with fellow Conservative MP Johnny Mercer that Theresa May "could not lead their party into the next general election".

[37][38][39] On 20 September 2022, Mann received his first ministerial appointment as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

[50] On a summer boat trip in 2016 Mann had to be rescued from drowning by fellow MP Johnny Mercer after he voluntarily jumped into the water because, he was "ashamed to admit" that he could not swim well.